BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) SKY LEASE I , INC. ) DOCKET OST

- 2015

- ) for scheduled, all

- cargo exemption authority ) ( U.S.

- Hong Kong ) ) __________________________________________) EXPEDITED ACTION REQUESTED APPLICATION OF SKY LEASE I , INC. FOR AN EXEMPTION
Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: John R. Mietus, Jr. L aw Office of John Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20817

- 7500 (202) 747

- 5212 john@mietuslaw.com
Counsel for SKY LEASE I, INC

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NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for Sky Lease and upon persons served with this application no later than June 17 , 2015. However, Sky Lease requests expedited treatment and Department action as soon as possible; it will poll the U.S. carriers shown on the attached service list and inform the Departme nt of the polling results.
June 2, 2015BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) SKY LEASE I, INC. ) DOCKET OST

- 2015

- ) June 2, 2015 for scheduled, all

- cargo exemption authority ) ( U.S.

- Hong Kong) ) __________________________________________) EXPEDITED ACTION REQUESTED APPLICATION OF SKY LEASE I, INC. FOR AN EXEMPTION Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department’s Rules of Practice , Sky Lease I, Inc. (“Sky Lease ”) respectfully requests an exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. § 41101 and the Department’s rules to th e extent necessary to permit Sky Lease to provide s cheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or points in the United States, on the one hand, and Hong Kong, on the other, via intermediate points and beyond to points in third countries

. Sky Lease also requests that the Department authorize Sky Lease to integrate this authority with its existing exemption and certificate authority , grant the exemption for an initial period of two years , and promptly designate Sky Lease under the Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China , as amended. Sky Lease requests that the- 2

- Sky Lease A pplication Department act on an expedited basis , and it will poll U.S. carriers served with this application and report the results as soon as possible. In support of this application, Sky Lease states as follows:
1. Sky Lease is an air carrier of property and mail headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is a U.S. citizen within the meaning of 49 U.S.C. § 40102(a)(5) and holds certificate s of public convenience and necessity for domestic all

- cargo transportation (and worldwide charter service ) and for blanket, all

- cargo authority between the U.S. and Open Skies countries; it also holds scheduled exemption authority to serve China. Pursuant to this authority, Sky Lease provides extensive scheduled and charter service in a number of international markets with B747 and MD

- 11 freighter aircraft. Information officially noticeable under Rule 24(g) of the Department’s Procedural Regulations supports Sky Lease’s continued fitness.

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. Sky Lease proposes to commence U.S.

- Hong Kong scheduled service , using freighter aircraft already in its fleet, on a twice

- weekly basis, operating from Miami via Tokyo to Hong Kong and returning via Anchorage to a point or points in the U.S. Sky Lease does not intend to carry local Tokyo

- Hong Kong traffic and recognizes that any Hong Kong oper ations serving intermediate or beyond points would be without local traffic rights unless it secures the appropriate fifth

- freedom frequencies. As the proposed operations will not result in a net annual increase in fuel consumption of 10 million gallons o r more, g rant of the application will not constitute a major- 3

- S ky L ease A p p li catio n

r eg ul a t o r y actio n und e r P a r t 3 1 3 of t h e D epa rtm e n t's r egu l at i ons and t h e En e r gy P o li cy a nd Co n se r vat i o n Act of 1 975.
3 . G ra nt of t h e re qu este d a u t h or i ty is in t h e p u b li c i nter es t. Th e U.S.

- H o n g Ko n g ag r ee m e n t, as a m e nd e d , pr o vid es for unli m i ted a ll- ca r go d es i g n atio n s in th e U .S

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va lu a bl e bil ate r a l op p ort uni ties an d offe r n ew, com p etitive se r v i ces for

s hipp e r s.

WHEREFORE , Sk y L ease I , In c . r e qu es t s t h at t h e D epa r t m e n t : g r a n t it t h e r e qu es t e d e x e mpti o n a u t h or i z in g sc h e dul ed f o r e i gn a i r t r a n spo r tat i o n of pr o p e rt y a nd m ai l b etwee n a po in t or p o i nts in t h e United S tates, o n t h e

o n e h a n d, a nd H o n g K o n g , o n t h e ot h er, v i a i nte r me di ate poi n ts and beyo n d

to p o in ts in t hird co un t ri es (wit h in teg r at i o n a u t h o r ity); issue t h e app r op ri ate des i g n at i o n ; a nd g r a n t s u ch ot h e r r e li ef as m ay be n ecessary or p r ope r .

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### CERTIF I CATE OF SERVICE

I h e r e b y ce rti fy t h at I h ave , this 2nd d ay of Jun e, 2015 ca u sed a copy of the for ego ing Application for a n Exemption to be served b y e l ect r o ni c m a il o n
t h e f o ll ow in g persons:
howard.ka ss , robert.wiric k@aa.com rpommer@atlasair

. com sa s cha

. vanderbellen, chris

. walker@delta.com nssparks, gbleopard@fede x. com matwood@cozen.com for Kalitta kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo

. com agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com + pchase@southernair .c om gm urph y, sseiden@crowe ll .c om for United dan.weiss , steve.morrissey@united.com anita

. mosner, jenn i fer

. nowak@hklaw.com for UPS john .s. duncan@faa.gov englets@state.gov

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